英语资讯:Xi spells out Party codes on stricter governance_时事

英语资讯:Xi spells out Party codes on stricter governance

The top CPC leader pointed out the questionable faith and loyalty of some Party members, including senior ones.

He cited a number of faults among such members, including lax discipline, detachment from the people, arbitrariness and inaction, acts of individualism, factionalism, money worshipping and violations linked to formalism, bureaucracy, hedonism and extravagance.

Nepotism and election fraud have endured while some Party officials sold positions of power, and bartered positions, Xi said, adding that power abuse, corruption as well as legal and disciplinary violations have been spreading.

In particular, a handful of senior Party officials, overcome by their political cravings and lust for power, have resorted to political conspiracies by working in ostensible obedience, while forming cliques to pursue selfish interests, he said.

He went on to list Zhou Yongkang, Bo Xilai, Guo Boxiong, Xu Caihou and Ling Jihua as examples of such behaviors, citing both their economic and political misdeeds.

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The drafting of the two documents began in March. In the eight months that followed, drafters conducted research, solicited opinion and made revisions.

The Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau convened several times to review the drafts.

Some retired CPC officials, non-Communist parties, leaders of the ALL-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, and people with no party affiliation were asked to advise on the drafts.